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НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

August 19, 2010 19:00

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  • Office and house of leader of "Circassian Congress" of Adygea searched

    On August 18, agents of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and FSB Department for the Republic of Adygea conducted searches in the house and office of Zaur Dzeukozhev, deputy chair of the Adyg Social Movement "Circassian Congress" and confiscated PC hard drives, documents relating activities of the "Circassian Congress" and several religious books.

August 19, 2010 16:00

  • Compensations are paid out to victims of Pyatigorsk terror act

    Today, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Stavropol Territory has started payments from the regional budget of lump sum compensations to victims of the terror act in Pyatigorsk. The regional treasury has allotted 835,000 roubles for the purpose, while 7.4 million roubles more will arrive from the federal budget.

August 19, 2010 15:00

  • President of Meskhetian Turks arrested in Georgia

    On July 26, in the city of Akhaltsikh (administrative centre of the Samtskhe-Dzhavakheti District of Georgia), Suleiman Barbakadze, a citizen of Russia and president of the "Vatan", international organization of Meskhetian Turks, was arrested. This was reported today by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

August 19, 2010 14:00

August 19, 2010 13:00

  • Exporters from South of Russia cannot sell grains because of embargo and transport fees

    From August 15 on, Russia officially bans any export of grain crops; this decision resulted in material losses of most of the market actors. Exporters lost their market shares, and grain producers lost their profitable contracts. Rostov agrarians are going to hold their grains till the last moment, waiting for exports reopening. However, only financially sound enterprises can afford it.

August 19, 2010 12:00

  • 25 terror acts committed against peaceful residents in Northern Caucasus in 15 months

    After May 15, 2009, when the first terrorist-suicide bomber blew himself up in Chechnya after cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, Northern Caucasus saw 25 terror acts against civilians committed in crowded places. As a result, at least 11 peaceful residents were lost and 159 more were wounded. From the start of 2010, 23 explosions were triggered and one terror act was committed by a suicide bomber.

August 19, 2010 11:00

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August 19, 2010 09:00

  • In Armenia, added higher school vacancies helped to reduce corruption

    This year's entrance exams to higher schools of Armenia have shown a reduced level of corruption in the sphere of education. The main reason was in increased number of vacancies for students by 6000. This was stated at a press conference by Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Science and Education of Armenia.

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  • Students with faked education certificates revealed in Grozny

    In the course of the check conducted at the Chechen State University, employees of the local prosecutor's office revealed facts of using faked certificates on secondary education by entrants to the University. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from a source in local law enforcement bodies.

August 18, 2010 12:00

  • Murder of high-ranking Dagestan MIA officer was ordered by his son, law enforcers say

    The law enforcement bodies of Dagestan assert that they have solved the murder of Yunus Khulataev, deputy chief of the division of the investigatory department at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the Republic of Dagestan. His son - Gadjimurad Khulataev - was named as the crime customer; he had got "under the influence of extremists" and is already giving confessional evidences.

August 18, 2010 11:00

Relatives of Chechen young men shocked by secret verdict

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